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Question: Which of these two statements comes closer to your own view?
Choices: "It is essential that my country remains one" "Parts of my country should be allowed to become fully separate if they choose to"
Data: % of "It is essential that my country remains one"
Period:
Area:
23 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Venezuela98.9%
2 Australia97.9%
3 New Zealand97.1%
4 Canada96.8%
5 Philippines96.2%
6 Uruguay96.0%
7 Chile95.7%
8 Portugal94.5%
9 South Africa94.0%
10 Finland 90.7%
11 Japan90.6%
12 Denmark89.1%
13 France88.9%
14 Czech Republic87.9%
15 Slovakia86.2%
16 Russian Federation85.4%
17 Poland85.1%
18 Spain84.2%
19 Switzerland83.8%
20 Israel83.3%
21 Taiwan82.9%
22 Latvia75.6%
23 Republic of Korea75.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. Israel: unweighted sum of Jews and Arabs. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 215 countries.
Source
ISSP 2003

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -0.674783 X +7.087
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.060
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.004
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data23
Regression equation
Y = -42218.973616 X +71701.256
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.127
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.016
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -11.081636 X +88.788
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.147
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.022
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = 2.179907 X -0.274
Correlation coefficient (r)0.324
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.105
Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data22
Regression equation
Y = -42.812481 X +51.886
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.430
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.185